Sentence examples for services and freight from inspiring English sources

"Access charges for passenger services and freight are much higher than they need to be," an EU official said.

This extension is especially onerous if the lines are shared with express services and freight trains.

Eurostar passenger train services and freight traffic between London and Paris and Brussels were affected by the suspension.

Quainton Road is still connected to the railway network and used by occasional special passenger services, and freight trains continue to pass through, but the station no longer has a scheduled passenger service.

Special sorting centers would separate mixed items for recycling (similar to the postal service and freight companies).

French trade unions rage that the European Union is now forcing France ineluctably along the road towards ending state monopolies in energy, postal services and rail freight.

That has blurred the line between express services and air freight, and led to increasing use by integrators of spare hold capacity on passenger planes.DHL has seen these types of business flourish even as recession bites in Europe.

Demand for rail services, and therefore freight cars, is highly cyclical and follows the ups and downs of the nation's economy.

Editor's note: Mark Foster is group chief executive of Accenture's Worldwide Products Group, which serves clients in the airline, automotive, consumer goods and services, freight and logistics, health and life sciences, industrial equipment, rail, retail and travel services industries.

Shipwell makes money by charging a commission on freight services and fees for its freight management software platform.

Bruce Williamson, from Railfuture, which campaigns for better rail services for passengers and freight, welcomed the news.